Presidential Powers Must Be Curbed – FDA
According to Ludwig Sondashi, president of the Forum for Democratic Alternatives, the powers of the presidency in Zambia are too expansive and must be curbed under the current constitution-making...
View ArticlePolice Failing to Observe Court Orders – Mulongoti
Former Minister of Works and Supply Mike Mulongoti has aggressively criticised the Zambian police for failing to uphold court rulings in the case of the Antonio and Manuela Ventriglia vs. Finsbury...
View ArticlePresident Sata Allegedly Seeks Treatment in UK
According to an anonymous source quoted by the news website Zambian Watchdog, President Michael Sata is currently in the United Kingdom seeking medical treatment. A source within State House has told...
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Lusambo Demands Ban on Kachingwe’s Group
MMD die hard youth wing co-ordinator Bowman Lusambo has asked Home Affairs minister Edgar Lungu to ban a group led by expelled former national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe or risk encouraging...
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Vanquished Chipolopolo in Low Key Return
A batch of vanquished members of Chipolopolo have returned to Zambia 48 hours after being eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa to a low key welcome contrasting the euphoria that...
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Zambia Blocks Copper Exports to Boost Local Processing
Zambia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Yamfya Mukanga has stopped First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQM) from exporting the 60,000 tonnes of copper concentrates for processing. He said the mining firm has...
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Guy Scott Promises Free Education to Mpongwe Voters
Speaking in Mpongwe ahead of an upcoming by-election, Vice President Guy Scott has announced that the Patriotic Front (PF) government will soon start offering free secondary education in the country....
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Ten Candidates Vie for Mpongwe, Livingston Seats
Five candidates have successfully filed in their nomination papers to contest the forthcoming Mpongwe Parliamentary by-election slated for February 28, while another five candidates are in the race to...
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Emirates Airlines Confirms Sata’s Foreign Travel
Emirates Airlines has acknowledged that President Michael Sata flew from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Dubai after the African Union (AU) summit on Monday, January 28 2013. For the past six days, the...
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President Sata’s Mysterious Location Worry Zambians
Zambians are demanding to know the whereabouts of President Michael Sata after leaving the African Union Summit in Ethiopia early on Monday. The whereabouts of the Head of State is a mystery to...
View ArticleZAF Officer Denies Ammunition Theft
A Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officer has pleaded not guilty to stealing 100 rounds of ammunition from the armory in Lusaka. Bon Ngoma, 36, a ZAF technician pleaded not guilty to one count of theft of...
View ArticleEducation Sector in a Mess – Teachers
The Secondary Schools Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) has said the low pass rate at grade nine has signaled that the education sector is in a mess. SESTUZ general secretary Wamuyuwa Sitibekiso said...
View ArticleDon’t Conceal Floods, Minister Tells KCM
Mines minister Yamfwa Mukanga has warned Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) against concealing any flooding in the mine. Following reported floods at KCM’s underground shaft, Mukanga said he has not received...
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Manufacturers Happy with Bank Rates
The Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM) is expecting to grow the sector after banks reduced their interest rates. ZAM president Chance Kabaghe said the reduction in bank interest rates will create...
View ArticleTunkara Must Quit for Suicide Attempt – UNZA Students
UNZA students are calling for the resignation of UNZASU president Ali Tunkara after he attempted to take his life for allegedly embezzling K50 million (KR 50, 000 rebased) loan from the Citizen...
View ArticleNamugala Withdraws Injunction
Expelled MMD national women chairperson Catherine Namugala has withdrawn her injunction from the Lusaka High Court. Namugala, one of the MMD MPs that the PF had paid to create confusion in the former...
View ArticleIndependent Churches Call for Repealing of POA
The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) has called for the repealing of the Public Order Act saying it is not serving everyone equally. ICOZ board chairman Reverend David Masupa said had the current...
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Police Reinforce Manpower in Mpongwe, Livingstone
Police have sent more officers to Mpongwe and Livingstone ahead of the by-elections on February 28. Police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela has said the officers will swiftly arrest any person suspected...
View ArticlePolice Nab Ex-Convict
Police has arrested an ex-convict for a spate of criminal activities on the Copperbelt. The suspect had once snatched a K400,000 from a Chinese shop and staged other aggravated robbery crimes in the...
View ArticleLusaka Man Faces Defilement Charges
A Lusaka man of Ngombe compound has allegedly defiled two of his step daughters aged six and nine years old. The man was caught pants down defiling the two step daughters around 05:00 hours after...
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